Rail-joint.



S. ROME & J. IARUSSE.

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APPLiCATION FILED FEB. 20, 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, I9!

SULLIVAN ROME AND JOSEPH IARUSSI, OF HUDSON, OHIO.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1917.

Application filed February 20, 1917. Serial No. 149,854.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SULLIVAN ROME and Josnrrr LmUssI, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Hudson, in the county of Summit and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in rail joints and it isan object of the invention to provide a novel and improved insert blockor regulator adapted to be posiiioned between the meeting ends of rails,and which when in applied position, serves to prevent creeping of therails or breaking of the angle bars or fish plates.

It is also an object of the invention to provide novel and improvedmeans whereby a good surface is maintained at the joint so that poundingis substantially entirely eliminated and whereby thebreaking of the railends is prevented.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of our improved railjoint whereby certain important advantages are attained and the deviceis rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that our invention may be the better understood, we will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein-- Figure 1 is view partly in elevation and partly insection illustrating a block or regulator constructed in accordance withour invention in applied position; and

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the meeting ends of rails with ourimproved block or regulator applied, a fish plate or angle bar beingomitted;

Fig. 3 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section illustratinga block or reg ulator constructed in accordance with a furtherembodiment of our invention; and

Fig. 4 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section illustratinga block or regulator constructed in accordance with a still furtherembodiment of our invention.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, RR denote the meeting ends ofrails and with which coact in a conventional mannor the fish plates orangle bars P.

As is well known, rails are laid according to temperature, as forexample, with the temperature of 18 above zero F. rails are laidfive-sixteenths of an inch apart. With the rails separated to thisextent it will be at once self-evident that there is nothing to preventthe rails from creeping and instead of a space of live-sixteenths of aninch the space will increase to ten-sixteenths or even 101'6 at certainplaces, while in other places there will be no space at all between themeeting ends of the rails. With warmer weather it will be selfevidentthat the rails will have a tendency to become very tight.

It is the purpose of our invention to employ the block or regulator Bcomprising the head 1 adapted to conform to the cross sectionalconfiguration of the tread portion or head of a rail, and said headaffords the shoulders 2 adapted to rest upon the upper marginal portionsof the plates P.

Depending from the head at the longi tudinal center thereof is the shank3. The thickness of the head 1 and shank 8 will depend upon conditionsand it will be understood that upon lowering of the temperature or uponthe raising thereof it is the purpose to remove the blocks or regulatorsB and replace the same with blocks or regulators of either increased ordecreased thicknesses.

In applying a block or regulator B it is only necessary to drop the samebetween the meeting ends of rails as the shank 3 is of a length toprevent the accidental displacement of the block or regulator.

The minimum length of the shank 3 should be such as to have the sameterminate below the webs of the meeting ends of the rails but, asdisclosed in the accompanying drawings, said shank 3 is of such a lengthas to have a portion 1 extend below the base of the rails, and saidextension 4 has removably inserted therethrough a pin 5 or the likewhich is of such a length as to underlie the meeting ends of the railsand thereby afford a positive means to prevent the removal of the blockor regulator B.

As herein disclosed, the member 5 is illus trated as a conventionalcotter pin.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a railjoint constructed in accordance with our invention is of an extremelysimple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly welladapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which itmay be as sembled, and it will also be obvious that our invention issusceptible of some change and modification without material departurefrom the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason we do notwish to be understood as limiting ourselves to the precise arrangementand formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out ourinvention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

As illustrated in the embodiment of our invention as disclosed by Fig. 3of the accon'ipanying drawings, it is to be noted that the Shank 3 ofthe block B is of such a length as to terminate above the bottom of therail. R and does not have any locking or retaining means coactingtherewith. This form of block or regulator has been found in practice tooperate with a 1naXi mum of facility in connection with a straight lineor at a curve.

In the embodiment of our invention as disclosed in Fig. L the shank 3"of the block or regulator B is also of a length to terminate above thebottom of the rail but is only of a width substantially equal to thethickness of the webs of the meeting ends of the rails. llhis form ofblock or regulater is only adapted to be used in connection with astraight line and by this p articular construction it has been foundthat a material saving in material can be had.

W' e claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a block adapted to be insertedbetween the meeting ends of rails, and comprising a head conforming tothe cross sectional configuration of the tread portions of the meetingends of rails, a shank depending from said head and of a length toextend beyond the bases of the meeting ends of rails, and a memberremovably engaged with the free end portion of the shank and adapted tocoact with the base portion of the meeting ends of rails to hold theblock against removal.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a block adapted to be insertedbetween the meeting ends of rails and comprising a head conforming tothe cross sectional configuration of the tread portion of the meetingends of the rails, a shank de J-onding from said head and of alength toextend adjacent the base portion of the rails and means coacting withthe end portion. of the shank to hold the block against removal.

3. As a new article of manufacture a. block adapted to be insertedbetween the meeting ends of rails, said block including head portionconforming to the cross sectional configuration of the tread portions ofthe meeting ends of the rails, a shank dcpending from said head and of alength to extend adjacent the base portion of the rails and meanscoacting with the block for holding the same against removal.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence oftwo witnesses.

SULLIVAN ROE IE. JOSEPH IARUSSI.

Witnesses:

MAYME K. SULLIVAN, H. A. SULLIVAN.

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